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<blockquote data-quote="ziggy_w" data-source="post: 1559543" data-attributes="member: 323454"><p>Thanks so much for the advice and the links to the ketone meters, [USER=327005]@CherryAA[/USER]. I also appreciate the great advice from [USER=6467]@LittleGreyCat[/USER] and [USER=306126]@chalup[/USER] on this. I definitely will invest in a ketone meter. </p><p></p><p>To be honest, though, I wasn't really worried about ketoacidosis as my blood sugars are always quite low (99% of the time, they are below 115 mg/dl (6.4 mmol), even half an hour or an hours after eating. </p><p></p><p>Although I wasn't concerned, my GP was very worried and send me to the hospital to get it checked out, which in turn made me anxious too. Especially, since they told me at the hospital, they would keep there at least overnight, just based on the result of the ketostix. Luckily, after examing the blood acidity and oxygen saturation, they let me go home. I admit the whole thing was a bit of a nightmare for me.</p><p></p><p>Until now, I had never measured ketones because -- honestly -- I couldn't be bothered to care as long as the diet was working for diabetes. </p><p></p><p>Today, I took the hospital lab results to my GP and met with him again. He looked at the results and said that they showed my blood was slightly acidic (probably due to a month of extensive exercise and not enough protein), but he wasn't worried any longer. I also told him that after a bit more protein and less exercise yesterday, ketones had come down and were between weak to medium this morning. Furthermore, I told him that I would always have some ketones as I was eating a ketogenic diet and that my body was primarily burning fat and not sugar. He also said that he wasn't worried about my kidneys any longer. So all good.</p><p></p><p>For the first time, however, I got him slightly interested in my diet. So, I might be able to mark this as a small victory. I mentioned Virta Health, who as most of you will know, is on a mission to cure 100 million diabetics by putting them on a low carb diet (Jeff Volek, Stephen Phinney and Sara Hallberg are on board). He actually jotted down the name. Probably for the next appointment, I might bring a list with a few more resources -- who knows maybe he will spread the message (though probably this is only wishful thinking).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ziggy_w, post: 1559543, member: 323454"] Thanks so much for the advice and the links to the ketone meters, [USER=327005]@CherryAA[/USER]. I also appreciate the great advice from [USER=6467]@LittleGreyCat[/USER] and [USER=306126]@chalup[/USER] on this. I definitely will invest in a ketone meter. To be honest, though, I wasn't really worried about ketoacidosis as my blood sugars are always quite low (99% of the time, they are below 115 mg/dl (6.4 mmol), even half an hour or an hours after eating. Although I wasn't concerned, my GP was very worried and send me to the hospital to get it checked out, which in turn made me anxious too. Especially, since they told me at the hospital, they would keep there at least overnight, just based on the result of the ketostix. Luckily, after examing the blood acidity and oxygen saturation, they let me go home. I admit the whole thing was a bit of a nightmare for me. Until now, I had never measured ketones because -- honestly -- I couldn't be bothered to care as long as the diet was working for diabetes. Today, I took the hospital lab results to my GP and met with him again. He looked at the results and said that they showed my blood was slightly acidic (probably due to a month of extensive exercise and not enough protein), but he wasn't worried any longer. I also told him that after a bit more protein and less exercise yesterday, ketones had come down and were between weak to medium this morning. Furthermore, I told him that I would always have some ketones as I was eating a ketogenic diet and that my body was primarily burning fat and not sugar. He also said that he wasn't worried about my kidneys any longer. So all good. For the first time, however, I got him slightly interested in my diet. So, I might be able to mark this as a small victory. I mentioned Virta Health, who as most of you will know, is on a mission to cure 100 million diabetics by putting them on a low carb diet (Jeff Volek, Stephen Phinney and Sara Hallberg are on board). He actually jotted down the name. Probably for the next appointment, I might bring a list with a few more resources -- who knows maybe he will spread the message (though probably this is only wishful thinking). [/QUOTE]
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